Timothy M. Kaine

If Congress got what it deserved, the Capitol dome would never have been permitted to be the backdrop for Tuesday's Concert for Valor, which marked Veterans Day. Why? The 535 lawmakers who work there have cravenly dodged their constitutional responsibility to make the tough decision about whether President Obama is right to lead the country into war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. What a contrast with the courage of the men and women in uniform justly celebrated on the Mall. They were willing to face death for their country. Capitol politicians won't risk political inconvenience. Senators as politically different as Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., agree...

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